We had a lot of fun constructing two outdoor benches/storage boxes at the Brookvale Village Hall.

These benches had been donated back in November last year after sitting in a shed for 4 years due to being quite difficult to construct.

We learned the truth of this as the first bench took us 1 hour and 15 minutes to construct, this time was spent using brute force, working out the instructions made it impossible to complete and some slight arguing over which was was forwards.

But following the lead of Tazmin and Evelyn with Charli & myself happily doing what we were told we were eventually able to complete the first one.

Then as if to make up for this we constructed the second in record time, clocking in at just over 12 minutes from start to finish.

We also couldn't have done all of this without the help of Marian from the Brookvale Village Hall who helped the construction and made us very welcome!

All in all it was a lot of fun, very rewarding and we can't wait to be back again.

Tazmin once again did an amazing job leading this weeks GoodGym session!

With Evelyn & Samantha joining for the litter picking around Memorial Park.

It continues being great seeing that Basingstoke is pretty clean, and the park especially was in good condition with less rubbish found than last week.

The amazing Tazmin lead her first Taskforce session this week!

Tazmin has been a consistent GoodGymer all year and very kindly offered to step up while I'm away.

This session was some good old fashioned litter picking, down to the top of town, where way too much time was collecting the blue tags from Boz's veggie stall before heading towards Glebe Gardens.

Was great having Evelyn there assisting again, along with the always entertaining Maddie.

I missed you all this week, and wish you the best for next week then cant wait to see you all again the following week at Brookvale Community Centre.

We joined with the Ramblers for a walking session this week, the weather was exceptional and really clear.

It was great having Samantha & Tazmin join us at the Social Club and then Charli meet us along the way.

It was a really nice route through the War Memorial Park, around Black Dam and throug a bit of Crabtree Plantation where we saw some very cute rabbits!

When it gets a touch lighter we can extend this further into Crabtree

In a miraculous turn we had exceptional weather for last nights litter litter picking!

Evelyn & I managed to fill 3 bags worth of litter while going through Cross Street and then towards Glebe Gardens.

We definitely found some plentiful areas for litter which we will be going back to.

Next week we are doing a walk and talk with a walk up to 7.5km through Basingstoke.

In a bit of a wet and wild evening we went out for a litter pick to make sure that the paths the free Lets Glow! exhibition were safe.

It was lovely having Evelyn & Tazmin join from the Sports & Social Club and then Samantha meet us halfway along!

They also kindly introduced me to the Wote Street willy which I somehow waled past for 18 months without noticing..

All in all it was a great evening (if wet) and the Lets Glow! is going to be amazing, I hope everyone gets to enjoy it.